Snow Brand Food Co. acknowledged Tuesday that two of its Kanto-based meat units also misstated imported beef as domestic meat in early November in an attempt to reduce inventories and win government subsidies related to the outbreak of mad cow disease in mid-September.
The fresh incidents were revealed by President Shozo Yoshida during a news conference at Snow Brand Food's headquarters in Tokyo.
"It was regrettable that a food processing company like ours betrayed the public's trust with this series of incidents," Yoshida said.